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Webster 1913 Edition
Plagiary
Pla′gia-ry
,Verb.
I.
To commit plagiarism.
Pla′gia-ry
,Noun.
pl.
Plagiaries
(#)
. [L.
plagiarius
a kidnaper, a literary thief, fr. plagium
kidnaping; cf. plaga
a net, perh. akin to E. plait
: cf. F. plagiaire
.] 1.
A manstealer; a kidnaper.
[Obs.]
2.
One who purloins another’s expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist.
Dryden.
3.
Plagiarism; literary theft.
Milton.
Pla′gia-ry
,Adj.
1.
Kidnaping.
[Obs.]
E. Browne.
2.
Practicing plagiarism.
Bp. Hall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plagiary
PLA'GIARY
,Noun.
1.
A thief in literature; one that purloins another's writings and offers them to the public as his own.2.
The crime of literary theft. [Not used.]PLA'GIARY
,Adj.
1.
Practicing literary theft.Definition 2024
plagiary
plagiary
English
Alternative forms
- plagiarie [16th-17th c.]
Noun
plagiary (plural plagiaries)
- (archaic) A plagiarist.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A kidnapper.
- The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
- Plagiarie had not its nativity with Printing, but began in times when thefts were difficult, and the paucity of Books scarce wanted that Invention.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6: